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Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful. | Circumcision has long been falsely promoted as a prophylactic procedure that would prevent future disease, but contemporary research indicates that non-therapeutic male [[circumcision]] is very harmful. | ||
* Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], surgical mishap, and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]]. | * Circumcision actually is a surgical [[amputation]] that exposes the patient to [[bleeding]], [[infection]], [[Documented severe complications of circumcision| surgical mishap]], and certain loss of the [[Erogenous sensation of the foreskin| erogenous]], protective [[foreskin]]. | ||
* Circumcised <b>West Virginia</b> boys are put at risk of developing [[meatal stenosis]] because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protection of the foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal | * Circumcised <b>West Virginia</b> boys are put at risk of developing [[meatal stenosis]] because of the loss of the [[Foreskin#Protective_functions| protection of the foreskin]].<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal | ||
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